Chapter17:

Lucius Malfoy arrested, the ministry declared war against Dark wizards

In a shocking turn of events, Lucius Malfoy, Lord of Ancient and Noble House of Malfoy was arrested last night for possessing of illegal dark art related materials and for supporting You Know Who . Lucius Malfoy who was a suspected death eater in second wizarding war and escaped from punishment by claiming being affected by Emperio curse from You know , this time arrested for supporting You know who .

DMLE chief, Amelia Bones told the reporter that last night a group of aurors made a raid on Malfoy manor based on secret information that, Lord Malfoy illegally possessed a huge amount of dark artifacts under the basement of his house. When the auror force reached the manor, they found a huge amount of illegal potion which can be used in dark blood ritual and various banned artifacts which can be harmful to people.

The auror force also rescued several muggles who held captive in a secret room. They were brutally tortured. The auror force found the sign of several counts of Crucio on their body. These muggles went missing few days ago.

The auror force also rescued Hogwarts Professor of Muggle studies with these muggles. She was reported to be missing few days ago from her residence.

From the interviews of the victims, the auror force found that, these victims were kidnapped with the help of Lord Malfoy and his friends. The auror force also found that, Lord Malfoy was also guilty of casting unforgivable curse on the victims.

Minister Fudge reacted with shock and outrage after learning about Lord Malfoy activity. He told the reporter that he was suspicious about Lord Malfoy for some days. He also assured the people that, Lord Malfoy would face the Justice for his crime. The minister also discussed about his war against Dark wizards initiative.

The Minister told the reporter that, the auror force would make more raids on the house of suspected Dark Wizards. The Minister also expressed his desire to see an end of Dark activity on the soil of UK. He told the reporter that, you know who was only a symptom of increased dark activity on British soil for last 100 years.

The Minister also talked about his improved relationship with Harry Potter. The Minister told the reporter that, the misunderstanding between him and boy who live was cleared few days ago and they back on good terms with each other. The Minister also informed us that, Harry Potter assured him full cooperation in his war against Dark Wizard initiative.

We, Daily Prophet can only hope that, the ministry will remain vigilant against all kinds of dark activity on British soil. We are also hoping for a more active role played by Harry Potter in this matter.

Harry was smiling after reading that headline from Daily Prophet. His plan had become successful. Lucius Malfoy's arrest was a win for him. He also did not mind that, the Minister was taking full credits for that incident. Moreover, he was happy that, he would have more chance to manipulate the minister.

Harry was hoping to create panic among rest of the death eaters by arresting Malfoy. For Harry it was high time to take action against those death eaters. Harry also wanted to send a message to so-called Lord Voldie. Harry also knew that The Headmaster would oppose his attempt to manipulate The Minister. . That old fool was still too much idealistic to do something like that. However, Harry did not care about that old fool's opinion. He will create his own path to destroy his enemies.

In Hogwarts:

Dumbledore was also shocked to know about the arrest of Lord Malfoy along with rest of the population. He did not expect something like that from Fudge. Lord Malfoy was a great donor for Fudge. Therefore, Lord Malfoy's arrest came as a surprise for him. He was suspecting that, someone influenced Fudge to take that kind of action.

He was also surprised about sudden warm relationship between Harry and The minister. Harry Potter changed a lot in recent times. The boy had become more confident about his ability and Harry was determined to take any steps for fulfilling his mission.

Albus would not be surprised if he later found that it was Harry who influenced Fudge by giving him money. Morality argument was no longer enough to held Harry back. He had no friend among his ex classmate. Harry was regularly humiliating his ex friend Mr. Weasley and Miss Granger in his class. Harry was ruthless in criticizing his two ex friends in his class.

Minerva was Harry's only friend in Hogwarts. It seemed like the boy only trust Minerva in this whole castle. Minerva was also proven a true friend of that boy. From her behavior, it was clear that she cared a lot about Harry. It seemed like their relationship was becoming something special. Albus hoped that Minerva's influence on the boy would prevent Harry to become a dark wizard.

Minerva's POV:

I was very proud about Harry's manipulation of Fudge. However, Harry was a member of house of brave but I knew that he had cunningness in him. Harry bribed the minister and manipulated him to turn against Malfoy. If it happened six months ago, I would disapprove Harry's action. However, Harry changed my thought process since then and made me realize that sometimes you had to adopt less than honorable option to get your things done.

I also knew that, it was just a start and Harry would come hard against rest of the death eater. Harry wanted to make some big changes in the country and he would not be stopped by anything.

Minerva was sure that, she could dream about her future where she and Harry would live happily with their family. She felt blessed by Harry's unconditional love for her. She never knew that, even in the darkest moments she could find happiness in Harry's arms.

Their lovemaking was simply magical to her. The way they expressed their love for each other made her feel complete. In Harry's loving touch, she found the inspiration to live her life fullest. She knew that, she would always stand with her lover Harry.

In Hogwarts:

The reaction among student body was also not different from rest of the public. They were shocked to find that, the ministry arrested Lord Malfoy. Apart from some students from dark families, majority of them felt disgusted by Lord Malfoy's cruelty. Majority of them also felt confused about Minister's change of tone on dark wizard's activity on British soil. It made them feel helpless, because they did not have a decent DADA teacher in most of their academic life.

Harry potter's role in these recent changes were also hotly discussed among students. Harry Potter was becoming a myth among the students. His exceptional magical power, his intelligence, his connection and his braveness made him next coming of Merlin among many students. Nevertheless, Harry was not interested to interact with majority of them outside of his class. Harry did not forget that, in the beginning of this academic year majority of them did not believe Harry and when Minerva made him, her's assistant majority of them showed their hostility to him.

The Harry Potter who was forgiving, kind and noble was gone because of their behavior. Now, Harry Potter would take steps necessary to fulfill his goal and he did not care if those steps were honorable or not. Now, Harry Potter would not be helpful to anyone without taking something in return. Most importantly, Harry had become a very unforgiving person who would not forget what they did to him. For Harry they did not deserve his attention.

In Hogwarts, stuff meeting:

Albus had called a stuff meeting and surprisingly Harry Potter was present there.

"I am very happy to see that, almost every member of our teaching stuff has come here. " Albus addressed his colleague.

"What is the matter Albus, why you call this stuff meeting?" Snape asked him.

"I think, we all know that, Lucius Malfoy is arrested by the ministry in last night, so it creates a vacancy in Hogwarts governing council." Albus informed them.

"I think, this time we should nominate a candidate who is not a death eater." Harry told them bluntly.

"It is not so easy Potter, the nominee have to be approved by the wizengamot and the ministry." Snape angrily replied to Harry.

" We can all see the recent changes in ministry's position against dark wizards , if we give them a good nominee , then we can clearly make him/her appointed by the ministry . If you want, then I can also use my influence to ensure successful appointment of our nominee. "

"You are behaving just like your father the same old arrogance of potter male." Snape told Harry.

"You know, Severus the arrogance of Potter male comes from our confidence to get things done and it is not arrogance but a fact that I have great amount of influence in this country and it can make a difference." Harry calmly responded to Snape.

"You know Severus, Harry is right here. " Minerva supported Harry.

"You will always take side of your friend, won't you?" Snape angrily asked Minerva.

"Friends, let's not get personal here, I think for now, we can nominate a good nominee." Albus intervened.

"I think, we should nominate Lord Moody." Harry's proposal surprised his colleague.

Chapter end .

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